Prikaz
Prikaz () was an administrative (palace, civil, military, or church) or judicial office in
Muscovy and
Russia of 15th-18th centuries. The term is usually translated as "
ministry", "
office" or "
department". In modern Russian "prikaz" means administrative or military order (to do something).
"Prikaz" was also the name of
streltsy regiments in 16th-17th centuries.
Most of prikazes were subordinated to
Boyar Duma. Some of them (Palace Prikazes (Π"Π²ΠΎΡΡΠΎΠ²ΡΠ΅ ΠΏΡΠΈΠΊΠ°Π·Ρ)) were subordinated to the
Tayny Prikaz, or Prikaz of Secret Affairs (ΠΏΡΠΈΠΊΠ°Π· ΡΠ°ΠΉΠ½ΡΡ
Π΄Π΅Π») that answered directly to
Tsar.
Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia had his own prikazes.
There was a large number (up to 60) of specialized
prikazes. Their set varied over time.
*Subordinated to Duma:
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Posolsky Prikaz (literally: "Ambassadorial office") was in charge of international affairs, a kind of a
Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Pomestny Prikaz (Estate Prikaz) was in charge of personal estate ('pomestye') and ancestral estate ('votchina') lands in . Collected fees for land transfers.
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Razryadny Prikaz (Rank Prikaz) was in charge of military and civil administration higher personnel.
*Administrative and judicial (subordinated to Pomestny Prikaz)
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Pechatny Prikaz (Prikaz of the Seal, Stamp Prikaz) was an office that placed the Tsar's
seal on various documents that granted various things to private persons, and collected the corresponding
duties.
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Moscow Judicial Prikaz
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Vladimir Judicial Prikaz
*Military Prikazes
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Streletsky Prikaz**
Admiralteysky Prikaz, in charge of
Navy.
*Finance Prikazes
*Regional Prikazes
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Malorossiya Prikaz, Ministry of the Ukrainian (
Malorossiya) Affairs
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Kazan Prikaz (ΠΠ°Π·Π°Π½ΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ ΠΏΡΠΈΠΊΠ°Π·, ΠΡΠΈΠΊΠ°Π· ΠΠ°Π·Π°Π½ΡΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ Π΄Π²ΠΎΡΡΠ°, Kazan Palace Prikaz),
Volga Region (ΠΠΎΠ²ΠΎΠ»ΠΆΡΠ΅) Affairs (South-West of Russia, territories of
Kazan Khanate)
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Siberian Prikaz**
Great Russia Prikaz**
Grand Duchy of Lithuania Prikaz**
Grand Duchy of Smolensk Prikaz**
Prikaz of Livonia Affairs*Palace Prikazes
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Konyushenny Prikaz *Patriarch Prikazes
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Dyak*
Podyachy*
State administration in Russia 16th-17th centuries, in Russian
